The appearance of modern school system has opened a new stage of institutionalized education. From17th century to the end of19th century, various capitalist countries have established modern school education systems. Strictly speaking, school education has basically taken shape in the second half of the19th century.
The process of educational entities from simple to complex, from free state to system formation is the process of educational "institutionalization", and the formation of school education system means the formation of educational institutionalization. The concept of informal education put forward by Coombs and others and the concept of unschooling advocated by ilych are both representatives of the trend of non-institutionalized education.
Institutionalized education mainly refers to formal education, that is, it extends from primary school to university. In addition to ordinary academic study, it also includes many professional courses and institutions suitable for full-time vocational and technical training. It has a hierarchical structure and is graded according to age. Institutionalized education refers to all kinds of schools at all levels that form a system.
With the maturity of institutionalized education. The development of institutionalized education has increasingly become an important factor in social development, and its influence has penetrated into every corner of society. The contribution of institutionalized education to economic development and its influence on political, cultural and even personal development have been widely accepted by the society.
The essence of education:
The essence of education refers to the fundamental relationship between the internal elements of education and the fundamental characteristics of education as a social activity that distinguishes it from other social activities. As opposed to "educational phenomenon". Education is an activity to cultivate people. Education has existed since the beginning of human society, and its function is to transmit social production and life experience, promote human development and cultivate talents needed by society according to certain social requirements.
The essential feature of education is a stable and universal feature that reflects the laws of things. The essence of education is the characteristic that runs through all education. As long as educational activities exist, they will always play a role.
Education is a unique form of transmitting experience in human society. Humans have language and writing. With the help of the information carrier function of language, human experience can exist not only in the individual system, but also outside the individual consciousness and independently of each individual.